Frugal Deals this Week...

FOOD

Free Peppermint Mocha Nescafe Samples available on Facebook. And CheeseNips at Walmart this week will be only .50 cents with this deal from "I Love To Gossip".

CRAFTS

Make a 3D-Snowflake from 6 sheets of paper! Turn your home or party into a winter wonderland!

ONLINE SHOPPING

December 12 (Monday) will have cyber offers that rival Black Friday....also Ebates will be offering double cash back! Sign up for Ebates now and shop til you drop online tomorrow!

STOCKING STUFFERS

One of my favorite Bloggers "Couponing to Disney" shows you how to get all kinds of goodies and stocking stuffers for free or really cheap in her Walgreen's or CVS scenarios. Print them out and bring them with you as a guide in the stores.

FREE READS

Top Free Books available on Kindle (in the right column) are found here!

15 Awesome Birthday Freebies!

Today's my birthday! That's right, commence celebrating throughout the world!!!

Okay now for the actual post....as my birthday week rolled around last Sunday, my inbox was flooded with Birthday freebies from restaurants, stores and more! On your B-Day by signing up for all the right e-club mailing lists prior to your B-Day month, you should be able to eat out free for every meal! Also many online stores and local Chicago restaurants will offer you great discounts and free shipping! Here's a sampling of what arrived in my inbox this week!

1. Round Barn Winery: Free Shipping on wine and gifts!
2. Panera Card: B-Day offer was a Free Bagel and Cream Cheese & Coffee
3. Sephora (online or in store):Free SEPHORA COLLECTION Beautiful Eyes Kit featuring: Lash Plumper Volumizing Mascara in Black, Nano Eyeliner in Silver Green, Colorful Mono Eyeshadow in Aspen Summit
4. Baskin-Robbins: Free Scoop of Ice Cream
5. Noodles & Company: free meal!
6. Auntie Anne's Pretzels: free pretzel coupon
7. McCormick & Schmick's: Free Signature Dessert
8. Lou Malnati's: Free Dessert with $10 purchase
9. Bravo Italian Cucina: Free entrée with purchase of one entrée. Also mentioning it is your birthday will bring you a free gelato dessert!
10. Culver's: Free One Scoop Custard Sundae.
11. Buffalo Wild Wings: (Buffalo Circle) Free Dessert!
12. Chili's: Free Brownie Sundae!
13. Bennigan's: Free Burger, Salad or Sandwich with the purchase of one.
14. Koi & Chen's: Free Entree
15. Starbucks Ice Cream: $1.00 off coupon for Ice Cream

So, go ahead and sign yourself up for these freebies above and more! Who doesn't like getting free gifts on their birthday! There's even an entire site dedicated to getting you freebies on your birthday! Check it out and search by location and age! Birthday Freebies.